Plain Chow Mein Noodles Carlories!!! So confused

WendyFlynn
WendyFlynn Posts: 139 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi guys

Arrrgghhh, I am so confused. Normally I am really good at working out calories per meal but I am stumped on this one!

I have bought a pack of Vitasia Chow Mein noodles (From Lidl). The whole pack weighs 250g. They are not the instant variey, they require boiling for 4 minutes (pretty instant in my opinion!).

The pack does not contain ANY information in regards to cals/fats/protein etc so I scanned in the barcode. It said 118 cals per 1/4 of a pack. I boiled up my 1/4 of a pack which now weighs 175g cooked.

Knowing my pasta/rice portion as I do (into my 6th month now), I thought there was alot of noodles to be going on with. So with the help of google I managed to come up with all sorts of calorie estimates, ranging from 118 to 400! Now, as much as I want these noodles, I'm not prepared to have 400 cals worth lol.

Can anyone help....... ?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Doesn't matter if they are raw or cooked, you already divided them into quarters.

    Take that amount and it is 118 kcals. Ta Da.

    If 175 is 1/4 of the pack, then that is 118 kcal.


  • ChefSuzzieQ
    ChefSuzzieQ Posts: 119
    I would say the 118 is for the 1/4 of the pack, the extra weight is just from the noodles absorbing the water.
  • WendyFlynn
    WendyFlynn Posts: 139 Member
    Really? They weighed 62.5g dried and 175g cooked - Am I being really thick here? I don't get it..... I would love them to be 118 cals!
  • mzmarple
    mzmarple Posts: 12
    If you boiled them in water, there is no difference in the calories.

    If you were cooking any type of pasta/macaroni/spaghetti, a standard serving is 2 ounces dry. So you weigh out the portion before you cook it. Because different pasta shapes cook up into different amounts (2 ounces of spaghetti might fit into a 1-cup measure, but 2 ounces of ziti might not), weighing it before cooking is the most accurate.
  • WendyFlynn
    WendyFlynn Posts: 139 Member
    Thanks for your replies so far..... I am going to love these chow mein noodles at 118 cals per 1/4 pack (cooked or not lol).

    So how did the kind person who entered the details get the nutrional information?
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Thanks for your replies so far..... I am going to love these chow mein noodles at 118 cals per 1/4 pack (cooked or not lol).

    So how did the kind person who entered the details get the nutrional information?

    I don't know who you are talking to, but you said you scanned it and it gave you 118 kcals per 1/4 pack. Go with it.
  • WendyFlynn
    WendyFlynn Posts: 139 Member
    Thanks for your replies so far..... I am going to love these chow mein noodles at 118 cals per 1/4 pack (cooked or not lol).

    So how did the kind person who entered the details get the nutrional information?

    I don't know who you are talking to, but you said you scanned it and it gave you 118 kcals per 1/4 pack. Go with it.

    I am talking to all of you (that made me laugh).

    I will got with it and certainly enjoy it.

    Just so you know, I'm having the noodles with chicken, bell peppers, red chillies, garlic, ginger, soy sauce and spring onions nom nom.....

    Thanks everyone!
  • hazelovesfood
    hazelovesfood Posts: 454 Member
    Yes I was going to say that, the values dont change when cooked, I got m and s fine noodles which are quite low in cals and the first time i did myself 2, omg its was so huge i had to gove half to the dog, you just dont reaslise how big they become when you cook them, but thats a good thing imo
  • WendyFlynn
    WendyFlynn Posts: 139 Member
    Yes I was going to say that, the values dont change when cooked, I got m and s fine noodles which are quite low in cals and the first time i did myself 2, omg its was so huge i had to gove half to the dog, you just dont reaslise how big they become when you cook them, but thats a good thing imo

    Lol, thank goodness I haven't got a dog (I like my food).... but yes, I couldn't believe how much they filled out a plate! I thought because I can sort of eyeball a portion of pasta and rice nowadays that it was far too much. Google is evil !
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